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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 26.5m NE-SW; 25.5m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m generally to 0.8m at NE (upslope); ext. H 0.2m at NE to 0.4m at NW) WNW-N-SE and a scarp (max. H 1.4m at SW) S-W, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3-3.5m; D 0.2-0.8m) WNW-N-ENE. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO012-026----) is c. 100m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of amended upload: 12 May 2015
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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